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The Baker Orange

Baker University Student News Media

The Baker Orange

Seniors Gracyn Nutsch, Gabe McKeown, Katie Murray, Cole Fishman, and Kira Larson on media day.

Men and Women’s Golf prepare for upcoming 2024 spring season

Story by Brett Gamber, Staff Writer February 26, 2024

As we enter the Spring season for athletics both men's and women's golf teams are preparing for the Spring season after a Fall season that showed potential. In the Fall both teams had multiple top five...

The flag football team during team photos.

The start of something new for Baker’s first Women’s Flag Football team

Story by Brett Gamber, Staff Writer February 14, 2024

Women's flag football is the newest sport at Baker, introduced last Spring, looks to start their inaugural season this week. The process of bring flag football to Baker came with hiring Head Coach Willy...

Baker softball practices for their upcoming game in Iowa.

Softball preps for promising new season

Story by Caitlin Mooney, Staff Photographer February 11, 2024

As the spring semester begins, so are spring sports. Student athletes and coaches are preparing for their seasons and creating team goals. Baker softball had a record season last year, going 47-12 and...

Sophomore Brayden Vawter celebrates hitting a double against Kansas Wesleyan.

New look baseball team looks to build off recent success

Story by Trey Donovan, Managing Editor February 8, 2024

Wildcats baseball is back and they are looking to build off of a 29-23 season. The team has already begun play as they started the year off against Kansas Wesleyan, 18 ranked team, and got swept. While...

How Sports Visualization Can Help Athletes

Story by Nicole Merical, Radio Host November 29, 2023

https://soundcloud.com/baker-orange-radio/coping-with-a-sports-injury?si=f2fae1aaa9be4b728114010521f0446f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing In this podcast,...

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Flag Football brings new faces to campus

Story by Caitlin Mooney, Staff Photographer November 17, 2023

Baker Athletics implemented women's flag football at the beginning of this year, with the team nearly entirely made up of out-of-state students and underclassmen. Flag football has also been on the national...

The Baker Men’s Wrestling team hosted the fourteenth annual Dan Harris Open on Sunday Nov. 5.

Men’s Wrestling hosts 14th annual Dan Harris Open

Story by Brett Gamber, Staff Writer November 7, 2023

The Men’s Wrestling team hosted the fourteenth annual Dan Harris Open, consisting of twenty teams, of which only five appeared in the Open along with some individual wrestlers on Nov. 5, 2023. Baker...

The Men's Basketball Team huddles together before taking on Ottawa University on Wednesday, Nov. 1 in Collins Gym.

Men’s basketball loses to Ottawa in home opener

Story by Landon Cory, Staff Photographer November 3, 2023

Junior Defensive back Thad Metcalfe celebrates a pass deflection against Benedictine.

Wildcat football falls to Benedictine on Senior Day

Story by Landon Cory, Staff Photographer October 30, 2023

The #21 Baker Wildcats (6-2) dropped a tough one on Saturday, Oct. 28, falling to the #14 Benedictine Ravens (7-2), 30-6, on a cold and rainy senior day. Before the game, the Wildcats and their...

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Women’s Soccer looks to secure playoff spot with strong finish to season

Story by Landon Cory, Staff Photographer October 27, 2023

As the Women's Soccer season inches closer to its end, with only one week left, the team has a 4-10-2 overall record, 3-6-1 in-conference matches, with only one game left on the schedule. The team saw...

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Men’s Basketball looks to improve after a strong last season

Story by Trey Donovan, Managing Editor October 27, 2023

Fall is here, and that means basketball is starting up once again. The men's basketball team looks to build off a season which saw them go 22-9 overall and get a berth into the NAIA National Playoffs for...

Gavin Dines named Heart of America men's golfer of the week

Gavin Dines named Heart of America men’s golfer of the week

Story by Brett Gamber, Staff Writer October 25, 2023

Freshman Gavin Dines was named Heart of America Men’s Golfer of the Week for his outstanding performance in his first collegiate golf tournament at the Virginia McCoy Invite on Oct. 16, 2023. Dines...

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